Well, this is going to sound boring, but I’d probably do many of the same things I do now except more of them. Write a lot, read a lot and spend as much time as possible with my family. However, I have to admit that I might do more of those things at the beach! Ha!

Tell us something about you that would surprise most of the people who think they know you.Success is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Failure is very boring, of course, but there is some sort of inherent contradiction in living the dream. Choosing to follow a dream, yes; working towards it, definitely, even that sweet moment when you’ve fulfilled it – but living it? I have no idea how you do that. And yet most people I know would look at me and think: “Katarina, now there’s someone who’s living her dream”.

Money is no object. I live better than most of the people in the world, in a free country, in a loving relationship, and doing the work I’ve always wanted to do. Lots of money would be a nuisance, so I would give it away.

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney was one of the first books I read as a child. I was very lucky to be raised in a home where everything was stable. The children in this story knew hardship and because of them I began to realize that not everyone lived as I did. Then I wanted to know more.

"I’d spend time just as I am. As a family, we’ve made choices to be brave. We moved from Colorado, having always loved water, I left corporate to be an artist, and our boys are young enough to like having me around."

"Orlando by Virginia Wolf for its depiction of strong, constantly evolving female characters in a male-dominated societal structure, written by a woman who helped to redefine modern English literature."

Tell us something about you that would surprise most of the people who think they know you.

"Something that many people may not know about me is that I worked as an extra in Hollywood a few years ago when we were in California for 6 months, and got to be Vanna White’s photo double in a Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy commercial."